10.6084/m9.figshare.11452809.v1
Beethoven Estevão COSTA
Beethoven Estevão
COSTA
Giovanna Morais de LIMA
Giovanna Morais de
LIMA
Stéphanie Quadros TONELLI
Stéphanie Quadros
TONELLI
Eduardo NUNES
Eduardo
NUNES
Frank Ferreira SILVEIRA
Frank Ferreira
SILVEIRA
Incidence and quality of root canal fillings in undergraduate dental students
SciELO journals
2019
Dental students
Endodontics
Endodontic treatment
Root canal filling
Radiography
2019-12-25 02:56:13
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Incidence_and_quality_of_root_canal_fillings_in_undergraduate_dental_students/11452809
<div><p>ABSTRACT Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of endodontic treatment and the quality of root canal fillings in Brazilian undergraduate dental students. The study was similar those conducted 10, 20, 30, and 40 years earlier. Methods: A total of 407 undergraduate dental students were evaluated by using questionnaires to identify endodontic treatments, with each treatment being radiographed for the analysis of the presence of a periapical radiolucency and the quality of the root canal filling. Results: Forty root canal fillings were found: 32 (80%) completely filled, seven (17.5%) incompletely filled, and one (2.5%) overfilled. Conclusion: This study showed a low prevalence of endodontic treatment in dentistry students, and the evaluated root canals that were filled were high quality, with few cases suggesting periapical lesions.</p></div>